A person shot and killed two kids enjoying exterior their residence in addition to an aged man in a city close to Rome Sunday earlier than apparently committing suicide, officers and media stated.
Local mayor Mario Savarese stated the gunman and the victims — reported to be two brothers aged 5 and 10, and an 84-year-old man — have been from the identical housing improvement in Ardea, the place the tragedy unfolded.
The shooter holed up in a close-by condo for 3 hours as negotiators tried to influence him to return out.
Armed officers lastly compelled their approach in and located his lifeless physique, the Ansa information company stated.
Eyewitness accounts to Italian media recommend he had beforehand suffered psychological well being issues. He gave the impression to be capturing randomly when he hit the boys enjoying in a park and a person biking previous.
Alessio D’Amato, well being commissioner for the native area of Lazio, confirmed the deaths of the kids after they have been taken to hospital.
“I’ve simply acquired a phone name I’d by no means have needed to have,” he said in a statement.
He added: “I am deeply shocked by what happened and express all my regret and my heartfelt condolences to the family and the entire Ardea community, which today is in terrible mourning for this tragedy.”
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